Let's say I have a SQL Server table that looks like the following:
ID NAME DESCRIPTION
1 ANDREW COOL
2 MATT NOT COOL
All I need to do is output the data to a space delimited text file. However I want to ensure that the 'NAME' column has at maximum 10 characters. So for example with the first row 'ANDREW' is is 6 characters, then I'd want 4 spaces after it.
Same thing for second row. 'MATT' is 4 characters, so I would want 6 spaces after it. This way as you move to each column the data is lined up, worst case it gets truncated but I'm not concerned with that.
Use this select query then export this to ur text file.
select ID,cast(NAME as char(10)) as NAME,DESCRIPTION from yourtable
you can use convert function
select CONVERT(char(10),'ANDREW')
.
select ID,
CONVERT((char(10),NAME) as NAME,
DESCRIPTION
from <table>
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I have a column "names", which is defined as a text column. I want to select names which contain more than 10 characters. First thought was
WHERE len(names) > 10
"Len" doesn't work with text, though. I found out about DATALENGTH, but it doesnt't work either and I get a message that I should change column types.
Isn't there any way to do this while keeping this column as text?
I think that you should try using WHERE length(name) > 10
Seems like the built-in LENGTH function is all you need. It works for char, varchar, text, etc.
select names, length(names) from myTable
select names from myTable where length(names) > 10
Using Oracle db,
Select name from name_table where name like 'abc%';
returns one row with value "abc, cd" but when I do a select query with a comma before % in my like query, it fails to return any value.
Select name from name_table where name like 'abc,%';
returns no row. How can I handle a comma before % in the like query?
Example:
Database has "Sam, Smith" in the name column when the like has "Sam%" it returns one row, when i do "Sam,%" it doesn't return any row
NOT AN ANSWER but posting it as one since I can't format in a comment.
Look at this and use DUMP() on your own machine... see if this helps.
SQL> select dump('Smith, Stan') from dual;
DUMP('SMITH,STAN')
-----------------------------------------------------
Typ=96 Len=11: 83,109,105,116,104,44,32,83,116,97,110
If you count, the string is 11 characters (including the comma and the space). The comma is character 44, and the space is character 32. If you look at YOUR string and you don't see 44 where the comma should be, you will know that's the problem. You could then let us know what you see there (just for that character, I understand posting "Leno, Jay" would be a violation of privacy).
Also, make sure you don't have any extra characters (perhaps non-printable ones!) right before the comma. Just compare the two strings you are using as inputs and see where the differences may be.
Do you know how to remove below kind of Characters at once on a query ?
Note : .I'm retrieving this data from the Access app and put only the valid data into the SQL.
select DISTINCT ltrim(rtrim(a.Company)) from [Legacy].[dbo].[Attorney] as a
This column is company name column.I need to keep string characters only.But I need to remove numbers only rows,numbers and characters rows,NULL,Empty and all other +,-.
Based on your extremely vague "rules" I am going to make a guess.
Maybe something like this will be somewhere close.
select DISTINCT ltrim(rtrim(a.Company))
from [Legacy].[dbo].[Attorney] as a
where LEN(ltrim(rtrim(a.Company))) > 1
and IsNumeric(a.Company) = 0
This will exclude entries that are not at least 2 characters and can't be converted to a number.
This should select the rows you want to delete:
where company not like '%[a-zA-Z]%' and -- has at least one vowel
company like '%[^ a-zA-Z0-9.&]%' -- has a not-allowed character
The list of allowed characters in the second expression may not be complete.
If this works, then you can easily adapt it for a delete statement.
I know I'm close to figuring this out but need a little help. What I'm trying to do is all grab a column from a particular table, but chop off the first 4 characters. For example if in a column the value is "KPIT08L", the result I was is 08L. Here is what I have so far but not getting the desired results.
SELECT LEFT(FIELD_NAME, 4)
FROM TABLE_NAME
First up, left will give you the leftmost characters. If you want the characters starting at a specific location, you need to look into mid:
select mid (field_name,5) ...
Secondly, if you value performance,portability and scalability at all, this sort of "sub-column" manipulation should generally be avoided. It's usually far easier (and faster) to patch columns together than to split them apart.
In other words, keep the first four characters in their own column and the rest in a separate column, and do your selects on the relevant one. If you're using anything less than a full column, then it's technically not one attribute of the row.
Try with
SELECT MID(FIELD_NAME, 5) FROM TABLE_NAME
Mid is very powerfull, it let you select the starting point and all the remainder, or,
if specified, the length desidered as in
SELECT MID(FIELD_NAME, 5, 2) FROM TABLE_NAME ' gives 08 in your example text
SELECT RIGHT(FIELD_NAME,LEN(FIELD_NAME)-4)
FROM TABLE_NAME;
If it is for a generic string then the above one will work...
Don't have Access at my current location, but please try this.
SELECT RIGHT(FIELD_NAME, LEN(FIELD_NAME)-4)
FROM TABLE_NAME
The LEFT(FIELD_NAME, 4) will return the first 4 caracters of FIELD_NAME.
What you need to do is :
SELECT MID(FIELD_NAME, 5)
FROM TABLE_NAME
If you have a FIELD_NAME of 10 caracters, the function will return the 6 last caracters (chopping the first 4)!
I know that MySQL can choose queries with certain length.
Can MySQL output only the first 10 letters from the word?
Form Example
mysql_query(SELECT LEFT(col,10),some2,some3 FROM someTable);
In the col I have for example
'TextForExampleLongerThanTen'
'Text'
'SHORTER'
'LONGERAGAINTHANTEN'
I want these all to be output but, only their first 10 symbols
Use "LEFT()", e.g.
SELECT LEFT(col, 10) FROM table;